Burial-casket.



UNITED srA'iEs PATENT OFFICE.

MINNIE PEARL mtr'iLE Arm Limit EDNA LITTLE, or commune,-` iirIssoU-BI. f

BURIALCASKET.

applicati@ mea hay so, i911. semana 639,618.

To all whom, .it lmay concern i Be it knoizvnthatwe, MINNIE PEAnLLin'riss and LUAREDNA LITTLE, citizens-0fthe,

Ui'iited States, residing at Col.u1nbia,lin the countyof Boone and Stateof-v Missouri, have invented certain new and useful;improvey ments'inBurial-Gaskets, of which ,the 017.

. lowing isa specification.- j e vide-'a casket which will yresist thevaction of This invention relates/t0 improvementsi burial caskets, anobjectof which lieto protime and erosion,Vv and which vadapted to vbehermetically sealed.

"5 Another object' is to. provide' albuiil -casket made o'ut ofcement orotherplastic composition, -thejwalls of whichare peculiarly reinforced,thereby insuring strength to the casket-:and economy in. manufacture.

The casketincludes, as usual, a cover adapted to be hermetically sealedwhich' is firmly held in place by'an adjustable sur-- f' roundingv bandpeculiarly adapted vfor the purpose; said .band ,being carried byf thecasket in cooperation with a hinged portion i-nto which the reinforcingstrap is formed.

With these Vand other objects in view, thisy invention consists inthecombination, construction, and arrangement of parts, all as 'hereinattermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying draw-vings, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of a coffin embodying thepresent invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section; Fig. 3' is alongitudinalV section; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the reinforcingmember; and Fig. 5 is a fragmen- 'tary perspective of the band.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figuresof the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like re erencecharacters;

As stated above, an important object of this invention is to make acoiiin whichwill pense, concrete or other suitable plasticcompractically withstand the action of time and destructive elements,and in order to obtain this result combined with minimum exposition isused. However, in order that the above results shall be fully acquired,cer` tain reinforcing elements are employed, the

PCUHMEY advantageous construction of which will hereinafter appear.

leierring to the drawings, at 1 is indibat-ed the burial casket and at 2the cover therefor, the latter adapted to be placed on y Speci'cation ofLetters Patent.

tend upwardly in the sides of the coin' toa "adaptedto'receive thethreaded extension 11 Patented Mayfia, 1912.

top of the casket and the roundedl tongue vand'groove'joint3-hermeticallysealed.

' A plurality of Ushaped reinforcing mein-my bers 4 are lembedded inlthe bot-tom' and ex j point slightly below the top edge of said coiiinwhere the ends 5 arebentfoiitwardly form spaced extensions?. To Hgiveaddir and .extend beyond the surface ofthe wallsfj,` fr' i The4 bentportions 5 are slotted, as at 6, tof,A

tional strength to the coilin, straps 8 are prof vided, each having abottom part. 9 and a f top part 10. The-part 9 is formed with a threadedextension 11 at onel end thereof, and with a flange .12 at the oppositeend, said liange having an openin therethrough. v Ata point coincidingwith t e extensions 7 of the reinforcing straps 4, the band member 9,which is in the form of a metallic plate, has cut inv opposite edgesthereof notches 13 adapted to receive said extensions 7, the latterbeing rolled to form ears' 14. The ears 14 serve the double purpose Vofholding the band member 9 in place and having hinged thereto the handles15. I

The band member 10 has a flange 16 formedwith anopening to register withthe opening in the flange 12, said openings being adapted to receive aclamping bolt- 17. Opposite to the' flange 16 the member 10 has hingedthereto an elonfgated nut 18 which is slightly curved to con crm tothecurvature of 'the rounded `corner of the coffin cover and reinof theband 8 is of advantage when sealing .the joint between the cover andcasket, in-

asmuch as-it will allow for variation in size y of the cover.

Having thus fully described our inven tion, what is claimed as new isl.' coiiin formed or plastic material and having a reinforcing member inthe walls thereoi a bent portion of said reinforcing member extendingbeyond the surface oi! the Wall and formed with ears, a handle carriedby said ears, and metallio'bands having op positely disposed' notches,said notches adapted to engage the bent portions of the reinforcingmembers andsaid ears adapted to keep the band in place,

2. A coffin @formed of 'plastic' material having a metallic band, saidband including a coverretaining partan'd a bottom part adjustablyoonnected',"the bottom part having notches cut therein, a reinforcingmember cooperating with said notches for keeping thel band in' place.

3. A coilin, formed of plastic material having a metallic surroundingband comprising a cover retaining part, a bottom part adjustablyconnected thereto, a reinforcing member embedded in the plastic materialof ythe coffin having its opposite ends protruding from the body of saidooliin 'and cop- M including a metallic band formed o a bot- 'tom and atop part- Which parts have adjustable connecting means, said means con-I i slsting of. an elongated nut curved and bottom part having athreaded extension to engage the said nut'.

In testimony whereof We aiiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

MINNIE PEARL LITTLE.

LUAR EDNA LITTLE. Witnesses:

Gnomi; Kenn, J. M. GARTH.

hinged to the aforesaid top part, the said

